Jurors in the never-ending Brooke Astor swindle trial heard key evidence of forgery yesterday, when a handwriting expert pointed to the name “Brooke Russell Astor” scrawled on a disputed 2004 document and declared that Astor did not write it.

The “r” and “o” in “Brooke” didn’t connect; the “ss” in “Russell were in cursive writing, and the “Astor” bore no indication of a trembling hand — all pointing to forgery, said Gus Lesnevich, a noted forensic document examiner.

Charged with forgery is es tates lawyer Francis Morris sey, who prosecutors say conspired with Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, 85, to swindle the Alzheimer’s-af flicted philanthropist out of more than $60 million in be quests.